The woman, Talisa Coombs, told Delaney she’d just gotten into what she alleged was a physical altercation with her granddaughter’s mother, Maria Pike, and called 911. Independence police’s response to that 911 call ended with the shooting death of Pike, 34, and her two month old daughter, Destinii Hope — who were identified Tuesday by authorities from the Police Involved Investigative Team, or PIIT, a team of eastern Jackson County detectives called in to investigate police shootings and use-of-force incidents.

The officer who fired his weapon was “a long-tenured veteran of law enforcement,” Dustman said. That officer and another two who were at the scene are on administrative leave.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article295483354.html

  • @[email protected]
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    191 month ago

    if I had killed a little kid, accidentally or otherwise, I wouldn’t have thought twice. I’d killed myself on the fucking spot. On the fucking spot. I would’ve stuck the gun in me mouth. On the fucking spot!

    • @Dasus
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      101 month ago

      And the psyche of the cops is so bent that instead they go like “oh… whoops. my bad, guys, my bad.”

      • @beebarfbadger
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        81 month ago

        Not at all, they go “who can I blame for this?”, and then they set out to destroy that one’s life or legacy.

        • @Dasus
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          41 month ago

          Fuck. True enough

      • @Treczoks
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        51 month ago

        They don’t admit guilt. It is against Union rules. So forget about the “my bad”.

        • @Dasus
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          31 month ago

          Yeah I was overly optimistic when writing that comment, mb